San Diego (14-24) at Chi Cubs (22-15)

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Wolf gets ball to start road trip vs. Cubs

Corey Brock / MLB.com
It's back to the road for the Padres, who had no soon settled in at PETCO Park after a nine-game road trip -- a trip that ended with a 2-7 record after visiting Philadelphia, Florida and Atlanta. The Padres play four games in Chicago against the Cubs starting Monday with Randy Wolf on the mound against Carlos Zambrano.
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Padres probable pitcher

Randy Wolf

  • LHP
  • (2-2) 4.14 ERA
Padres: Wolf pitched well at times in his last start on May 7 in Atlanta, needing 78 pitches to get through six innings. Better still, Wolf got the Braves to hit into four double plays in the first six innings alone before loading the bases with no outs in a 2-2 game in the seventh inning. Reliever Joe Thatcher allowed those three runs to score as the Padres. Wolf, who had four walks, struggled with his command early but soon got the Braves to hit ground ball after ground ball.
  W-L ERA IP BB SO AVG
Career 80-68 4.25 1319.0 491 1103 .255
Season 2-2 4.14 41.1 15 38 .247
May 0-1 5.25 12.0 7 10 .304

Series at a Glance

Standings - 05/12/2008 W L PCT GB Home Away
San Diego Padres (NL West) 14 24 .368 9.0 8-10 6-14
Chicago Cubs (NL Central) 22 15 .595 - 14-6 8-9
Stats - 05/12/2008 AVG R HR RBI SB SO ERA IP H BB SO
SD .231 128 27 122 13 283 3.98 352.1 333 132 262
CHC .281 211 38 199 26 260 3.77 338.2 303 131 258
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Big Z goes against hapless Padres

Jon Greenberg / Special to MLB.com
Carlos Zambrano had been excited to wear pink for Mother's Day and face Randy Johnson, but inclement weather forced him to be bumped from his start. His start on Monday again the last-place Padres may not be exciting, but getting the win is just as important.
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Cubs probable pitcher

Carlos Zambrano

  • RHP
  • (5-1) 1.80 ERA
Cubs: The big right-hander is coming off his most efficient outing of the season. Zambrano's 113 pitches marked his second-highest total of the season, but it came over a season-high eight innings in which he struck out only three. He has allowed a total of only two runs over his past four starts and has not tasted defeat since April 11.
  W-L ERA IP BB SO AVG
Career 87-56 3.34 1248.1 562 1080 .226
Season 5-1 1.80 55.0 14 38 .234
May 1-0 0.63 14.1 5 6 .196

Padres hitters vs Carlos Zambrano

  2008 2003-2007
Hitter AVG AB HR RBI AVG AB HR RBI
Antonelli, Matt - - - - - - - -
Blanks, Kyle - - - - - - - -
Cabrera, Everth - - - - - - - -
Durango, Luis - - - - - - - -
Eckstein, David - - - - .158 19 0 1
Gonzalez, Adrian - - - - .429 7 0 1
Gwynn, Tony .750 4 0 0 .571 7 0 1
Headley, Chase - - - - .000 2 0 0
Hundley, Nick - - - - - - - -
Kouzmanoff, Kevin - - - - .167 6 0 2
Salazar, Oscar - - - - - - - -
Venable, Will - - - - - - - -

Cubs hitters vs Randy Wolf

  2008 2003-2007
Hitter AVG AB HR RBI AVG AB HR RBI
Adduci, James - - - - - - - -
Baker, Jeff - - - - .000 2 0 0
Blanco, Andres - - - - - - - -
Bradley, Milton - - - - .000 3 0 0
Castillo, Welington - - - - - - - -
Colvin, Tyler - - - - - - - -
Fontenot, Mike - - - - - - - -
Fox, Jake - - - - - - - -
Fukudome, Kosuke - - - - .000 1 0 0
Fuld, Sam - - - - - - - -
Hill, Koyie - - - - - - - -
Hoffpauir, Micah - - - - - - - -
Lee, Derrek - - - - .300 20 0 3
Miles, Aaron - - - - .333 3 0 1
Ramirez, Aramis - - - - .200 15 1 3
Soriano, Alfonso - - - - .250 16 2 3
Soto, Geovany - - - - .375 8 0 3
Theriot, Ryan - - - - .182 11 0 0

Cubs wolf down Padres (14-25) (23-15)

Cubs 12, Padres 3

Outmatched in opener

Jon Greenberg / Special to MLB.com
The Padres were unable to contain the Cubs as Randy Wolf allowed seven runs in four-plus innings, and the bullpen didn't fare much better. Jody Gerut hit his first homer since 2005, and Edgar Gonzalez, called up Monday, had an RBI single in his first Major League at-bat.

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On cruise control

Carrie Muskat / MLB.com
The Cubs outran the Padres by putting together a six-run fifth and a five-run sixth to run their win streak to four. Alfonso Soriano hit a two-run homer, while Geovany Soto and Mark DeRosa each drove in two and Ryan Theriot scored three times to back Carlos Zambrano's fifth straight win.
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Cubs 12, Padres 3

San DiegoABRHRBIBBSOLOBAVG
Gerut, CF3121200.200
Iguchi, 2B5011015.264
Giles, RF3000002.266
  McAnulty, RF1000000.217
Gonzalez, A, 1B4010000.297
Kouzmanoff, 3B3000001.273
  Germano, P1010000.375
Greene, K, SS4010022.210
Hairston, LF4120012.229
Bard, C4010002.205
Wolf, P2100011.111
  Henn, P0000000.000
  Gonzalez, Edgar V., 3B2011012.500
Totals3631032617 

BATTING
2B: Germano (1, Eyre).
HR: Gerut (1, 5th inning off Zambrano, C, 0 on, 2 out).
TB: Gerut 5; Iguchi; Gonzalez, A; Germano 2; Greene, K; Hairston 2; Bard; Gonzalez, Edgar V..
RBI: Iguchi (11), Gerut (1), Gonzalez, Edgar V. (1).
2-out RBI: Iguchi; Gerut; Gonzalez, Edgar V..
Runners left in scoring position, 2 out: Giles; Iguchi; Greene, K.
GIDP: Iguchi.
Team LOB: 8.

FIELDING
E: Kouzmanoff (4, throw).
DP: 3 (Kouzmanoff-Iguchi-Gonzalez, A, Iguchi-Gonzalez, A, Greene, K-Iguchi-Gonzalez, A).
 
Chi CubsABRHRBIBBSOLOBAVG
Soriano, LF5222002.232
  Pie, CF0000000.222
Theriot, SS3320200.333
Lee, 1B4121013.323
  a-Ward, PH-1B0000100.208
Ramirez, A, 3B3211111.282
  Cedeno, 2B1000001.333
Fukudome, RF2201300.321
Soto, C3012113.315
  Blanco, H, C1000010.333
DeRosa, 2B-3B4122103.279
Johnson, R, CF-LF4011003.254
Zambrano, C, P4120011.296
  Eyre, P0000000.000
  Howry, P0000000.000
Totals341213109517 

a-Walked for Lee in the 7th.

BATTING
2B: Lee (10, Wolf), Zambrano, C (2, Wolf), Soriano (6, Henn).
HR: Soriano (4, 5th inning off Wolf, 1 on, 0 out).
TB: Soriano 6; Theriot 2; Lee 3; Ramirez, A; Soto; DeRosa 2; Johnson, R; Zambrano, C 3.
RBI: Lee (27), Soriano 2 (14), Ramirez, A (25), Soto 2 (26), DeRosa 2 (22), Fukudome (16), Johnson, R (14).
2-out RBI: DeRosa; Johnson, R.
Runners left in scoring position, 2 out: DeRosa 2; Zambrano, C; Soriano.
GIDP: Lee; Johnson, R; Cedeno.
Team LOB: 7.

BASERUNNING
SB: Lee (3, 3rd base off Wolf/Bard).

FIELDING
DP: (Theriot-Cedeno-Ward).
 
San DiegoIPHRERBBSOHRERA
Wolf (L, 2-3)4.08775215.16
Henn 1.235532027.00
Germano 2.12001105.79
 
Chi CubsIPHRERBBSOHRERA
Zambrano, C (W, 6-1)7.06332512.03
Eyre 0.21000000.00
Howry 1.13000105.79

Wolf pitched to 7 batters in the 5th.

WP: Germano.
Pitches-strikes: Wolf 95-54, Henn 40-21, Germano 33-20, Zambrano, C 96-60, Eyre 13-8, Howry 22-14.
Groundouts-flyouts: Wolf 4-6, Henn 2-1, Germano 3-3, Zambrano, C 10-6, Eyre 2-0, Howry 2-1.
Batters faced: Wolf 24, Henn 10, Germano 9, Zambrano, C 29, Eyre 3, Howry 6.
Inherited runners-scored: Henn 2-1, Germano 1-1, Howry 1-0.
Umpires: HP: Marvin Hudson. 1B: Tom Hallion. 2B: Hunter Wendelstedt. 3B: Brian Knight.
Weather: 41 degrees, partly cloudy.
Wind: 7 mph, In from RF.
T: 2:40.
Att: 39,528.
May 12, 2008

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